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Montreal Expos @ Atlanta Braves

1977-08-06 · Night game · Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium · Att: 10198 · night · 2:34

Atlanta Braves defeated Montreal Expos 3–1. Phil Niekro earned the win. Rowland Office went 3-for-5 with 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MON	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	7
ATL	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		3	11

W: Phil Niekro L: Steve Rogers SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bob Engel · 1B: Jerry Dale · 2B: Andy Olsen · 3B: Dutch Rennert · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Montreal Expos — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dave Cash	5	0	0	0	0	1
Warren Cromartie	4	1	3	0	0	0
Ellis Valentine	4	0	2	0	0	2
Tony Perez	3	0	0	0	1	3
Andre Dawson	4	0	2	1	0	1
Gary Carter	2	0	0	0	2	2
Chris Speier	2	0	0	0	1	0
Larry Parrish	4	0	0	0	0	1
Steve Rogers	3	0	0	0	0	1
Wayne Garrett	1	0	0	0	0	0
Del Unser	1	0	0	0	0	0

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rowland Office	5	1	3	1	0	1
Barry Bonnell	4	0	2	0	0	0
Willie Montanez	3	0	0	0	2	0
Jeff Burroughs	4	0	1	0	1	2
Gary Matthews	4	1	2	1	0	0
Biff Pocoroba	3	0	0	0	1	1
Rod Gilbreath	4	0	1	1	0	1
Pat Rockett	4	1	2	0	0	1
Phil Niekro	3	0	0	0	0	0

Montreal Expos — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Rogers	8.0	11	4	6

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Phil Niekro	9.0	7	4	11

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dave Cash: 4
Warren Cromartie: S
Ellis Valentine: K
Tony Perez: W.1-2
Andre Dawson: K23/C

Bot 1

Rowland Office: 43
Barry Bonnell: 63
Willie Montanez: W
Jeff Burroughs: S.1-2
Gary Matthews: 54(1)/FO

Top 2

Gary Carter: W
Chris Speier: 9
Larry Parrish: 3
Steve Rogers: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Biff Pocoroba: K/C
Rod Gilbreath: 53
Pat Rockett: S
Phil Niekro: 8

Top 3

Dave Cash: 6
Warren Cromartie: 6
Ellis Valentine: D
Tony Perez: K

Bot 3

Rowland Office: S
Barry Bonnell: 34/SH.1-2
Willie Montanez: 7
Jeff Burroughs: W
Gary Matthews: S.2-H;1-2
Biff Pocoroba: WP.2-3;1-2
Biff Pocoroba: 43

Top 4

Andre Dawson: S
Gary Carter: CS2(26)#
Gary Carter: K
Chris Speier: W
Larry Parrish: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Rod Gilbreath: K/C
Pat Rockett: S
Phil Niekro: 24/SH.1-2
Rowland Office: S.2-H
Barry Bonnell: 63

Top 5

Steve Rogers: 3/G
Dave Cash: 53
Warren Cromartie: S
Ellis Valentine: K

Bot 5

Willie Montanez: W
Jeff Burroughs: K
Gary Matthews: D.1-3
Biff Pocoroba: IW
Rod Gilbreath: 52(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Pat Rockett: 6

Top 6

Tony Perez: K
Andre Dawson: 4
Gary Carter: K23

Bot 6

Phil Niekro: 63
Rowland Office: S
Barry Bonnell: S.1-2
Willie Montanez: 8
Jeff Burroughs: 8

Top 7

Chris Speier: 53
Larry Parrish: K
Steve Rogers: K/C

Bot 7

Gary Matthews: E6.B-1
Biff Pocoroba: WP.1-2
Biff Pocoroba: 43.2-3#
Rod Gilbreath: S.3-H(UR)
Pat Rockett: K
Phil Niekro: 53

Top 8

Dave Cash: 63
Warren Cromartie: S
Ellis Valentine: S.1-2#
Tony Perez: K
Andre Dawson: S.2-H;1-2#
Gary Carter: W.2-3;1-2
Wayne Garrett: 43

Bot 8

Rowland Office: K/C
Barry Bonnell: S
Willie Montanez: 8
Jeff Burroughs: K

Top 9

Larry Parrish: 6
Del Unser: 4
Dave Cash: K